# Youtube streaming performance

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youtube-streaming-performance/457839>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [July 26, 2008, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youtube-streaming-performance/457839 "2008-07-26T14:36:39Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2008, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youtube-streaming-performance/457839/1 "2008-07-26T14:36:39Z")

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The past few months I’ve noticed that Youtube videos are stuttering horribly. This afternoon it seems like it takes 30 seconds to stream 5 seconds of content. It’s not contention on my line because if I open iPlayer (BBC online content delivery) it streams beautifully at far higher resolutions, and the torrent-based download option will max out my 8-meg line in no time. Is Youtube struggling with bandwidth issues? Is it a geographical thing?

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**Author:** ![Scarlett67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scarlett67/32/7387_2.png) [@Scarlett67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarlett67)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2008, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youtube-streaming-performance/457839/2 "2008-07-26T15:23:56Z")

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I’ve noticed this recently also. YouTube videos used to stream just fine, and now most of the time I just pause them, turn the should down, go do something else while they load, and THEN watch. Otherwise it’s stop start stop start stop start . . .